1 Peter 4:8

New International Reader's Version

Most of all, love one another deeply. Love erases many sins by forgiving them.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:12

Hate stirs up fights. But love erases all sins by forgiving them.

Proverbs 12:16

Foolish people are easily upset. But wise people pay no attention to hurtful words.

Proverbs 17:9

Whoever wants to show love forgives a wrong. But those who talk about it separate close friends.

Proverbs 18:13

To answer before listening is foolish and shameful.

1 Corinthians 13:1

Suppose I speak in the languages of human beings or of angels. If I don’t have love, I am only a loud gong or a noisy cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not want what belongs to others. It does not brag. It is not proud.

Colossians 3:14

And over all these good things put on love. Love holds them all together perfectly as if they were one.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

May the Lord make your love grow. May it be like a rising flood. May your love for one another increase. May it also increase for everyone else. May it be just like our love for you.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

Brothers and sisters, we should always thank God for you. That is only right, because your faith is growing more and more. We also thank God that the love you all have for one another is increasing.

1 Timothy 1:5

Love is the purpose of my command. Love comes from a pure heart. It comes from a good sense of what is right and wrong. It comes from faith that is honest and true.

Hebrews 13:1

Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.

James 5:12

My brothers and sisters, here is what is most important. Don’t make a promise by giving your word. Don’t promise by heaven or earth. And don’t promise by anything else to back up what you say. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” If you do more than this, you will be judged.

James 5:20

Then here is what I want you to remember. Anyone who keeps a sinner from going astray will save them from death. God will erase many sins by forgiving them.

1 Peter 1:22

You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. So you have an honest and true love for each other. So love one another deeply, from your hearts.

3 John 1:2

Dear friend, I know that your spiritual life is going well. I pray that you also may enjoy good health. And I pray that everything else may go well with you.